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Scotchka en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /skɒtʃkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /skɑt͡ʃkə/ (General-American)

Etymology

Blend of Scotch whisky + vodka.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A cocktail consisting of equal parts Scotch whisky and vodka.
   • Not bad. Kind of scotchy, with a vodka undertone. Why don't you market it? Call it “Scotchka.” Well, I've got a lot of work to do— 1958, Norman Krasna, Who was that Lady I Saw You With?: A New Comedy, Random House, page 6:
   • Lisa gets Johnny drunk on a peculiar mixture of vodka and whiskey (which Room fans have christened the Scotchka) in order to accuse him of hitting her 2018 March 20, Tom Bissell, “Great and Terrible Truths”, in Magic Hours, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 216:
   • He objects that he does not drink, showing himself once again to be a sensible guy. Lisa insists, however, and after a few drinks of scotchka (a curious mix of scotch and vodka), Johnny is quite drunk— 2022 October 4, Adam M. Rosen, “I'm Tired, I'm Wasted 13”, in You Are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!: The Year's Work on The Room, the Worst Movie Ever Made, illustrated edition, Indiana University Press, →ISBN:
   • We're talking about the right kind of cult, where people get to maintain their status as thinking individuals but also have the opportunity to spend a few days every year dressing like aliens, drinking scotchka, or […] 2019 August 1, Daniel Harmon, Super Pop!: Pop Culture Top Ten Lists to Help You Win at Trivia, Survive in the Wild, and Make It Through the Holidays, Zest Books ™, →ISBN:
   • They asked me what kind of Scotch I used and how much I had put in the drink. I said just a jigger and the Scotch was a well-known brand. But the complaints got louder. Then I checked on the carafe of water. I had been pouring vodka instead of water. What they were drinking was Scotch and vodka, or Scotchka. 1959, Gentlemen's Quarterly: GQ., volume 29, Esquire, page 148:
   • If you've been to a screening, then you know about the spoons, the games of catch, the tuxes, the scotchka, “Hi, Denny,” and when it's appropriate to break into the Full House theme or bellow “focus/unfocus!” and “Go! Go! Go! Go!” 2011 December 7, Bob Batchelor, Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream [3 volumes], volumes 1-3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 103:
   • In that he samples a chemistry prof's drink, scotch with a vodka undertone, and proposes a new drink entirely: “Scotchka.” 1958, Harold Wallace Ross, William Shawn, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Rea Irvin, Roger Angell, edited by Elwyn Brooks White, The New Yorker, volume 34, F-R Publishing Corporation, page 94:

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